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THE OLD,'OLD 8TORY. r. 5s* Tin* mainlands on Un> flpty txw, WlUi all III* rriiniii ™ » _ v. Anil glnr •« m> alilt»* stovepipe joint 41c Uolti* above Ills head. ' ( ' v, 4 rr ^* IT. ' ' “i fills hand* are tdn<*’.< with polish paste, III* Ini’" liillno-d wliit soot; Ami do-Tit '■>'.% .Tnii- mitl ilmvn till buck 8lwr|> palm unnumbered (boot. III. Ti>n Ihominil wav*, ten thousand time*, He’* tried to make a fltj Site tnor. 1 of war* amt timet be't tried, The more be l( from It. IV. lilt wife ami children pre outside, All petrlfl-d willi fiotr. Awaiting Hip catastrophe . Thai comet lit lx Hutu of jrear. .* . . v. . * Then pomp* a hurst of adjectives, And Him a iimltnati'x roar, Amt mini pml box wiiti earthquake ahocka. And ttovepfpp. flood tint floor. VI. 0 0 0 0 0 'i nedoalor eomne with arnica And little blitter cup; '• v>. The tinner comet, hk Usual, Ami pill* Urn aloveplp.- up. Itv f.tr It. CAtttt 1 I pi’-k A DREADFUL FRIGHT. •" Don't call me for breakfast In the ; momlng.” This instruction was given to a servant la the hall who had just shown the speaker into the room which f occupied on tho third floor oftho hotel. The now-comer closed and secured tho door, deposited his valise and ovor- .coat tQU tho floor and turned up the gas, while I, who had been awakened .by his ,eutrailco, lay blinking nt tho jilgbt which glared in my faco. As the cltfrk told mo thoy were crowded and jto would probably have to put some one else In my room whon tho 12:40 ,express arrived, 1 was not surprised ot alarmed at this midnight intrusion. Tho stranger was a man, of perhaps flO years of ago.; he was nbovo medium height, of^tWiiptlc build, clean shaved except (t blonde mustache, and had tijo manner and general appearance which would lead a casual observer to denomi nate him us one of that variegated class commonly known as commercial tourist*; Ilaving completed my mental critl- .eism of him, I was about to close my eyes and endeavor to resume my much- needed ropose—as 1 had to take tho train at 4 a. in.—when, catching for the first time a good view of tho face in the light, l noticed a gloomy and troubled look on his countenanco. It was evident Hint u great weight of sorrow, Rome galling burden of grief, rested on his mind. ills was not the wanrynnd Jaded look at oho who is worn out with long travol. No: it was sad, gloomy and despondent, yet fierce, determined and AloBpornto. It was calculated to arouse ,tho curiosity and sympathy, but at tho aamo time to overawe tho prying soru- tiny, and to repel tho proiTerod sym pathy, of tho observer. Though at lirst somewhat vexed at being abruptly aroused and kept awake at jthlH hour of Hie night by tills unin vited guest and room-mate, my impa tience had now given way to curiosity; and I lay in silent wonder eyeing tho strange man who hud not'yot taken any notice of mo or seemed to lie aware .of my presence. Nothing but exces sive mental torture and great travail of spirit could prodnue on the counte nanco an expression so pitiably and yet so frightfully desperate. As in gloomy and meditative ailenco he undressed h I in sol f, with a consider able effort drew oft ills trim, narrow toed gaiters and prepared to retire; I wondered what mighty grief it was that fastened itself upon him; what wrongs ho had 6u(Torud, what disap pointment encountered, or what crime ho had committed that now arose like "SUwt spoo.U’e before him nnd wrung 1 ..onl in torture, lie at last seemed ady to retire, but instead of doing so e ‘lied his valise, which lay at his feet, id, fii'Uir running over its contents lor a While, took out a razor nnd began strapping it on the palm of his hand. As 1 looked jit hts'face, now dnrker and move dutynniued than ever, at the bright blade which gSitiered in tho light, and his neck, now bated to ills breast, an appalling possibility flashed into my uviiui: is ho about to ©ml his auffoiihgn -to quiet tho pangs of /'©mono with t he horrible and cowardly fself-i .crime of self-murder? Is ho about to thrb9$ Wa blackened soul into tho proaeue^bf his Maker with this crown ing act of wickedness? Am I to wit- lifts* a horrible nnd bloody deed? I could scarcely restrain myself from apriuging up and crying out, yet I to breathe lest I should "on. : Trausilxed with 1 lay, convulsively Of my revolver bo- bis every .•monioeal delibera- strapping tho raxor f his hand, now drawing thumb-nail, now holding ulmost feu Attract his terror clu lie soon laid the nrer upon the again ^ed to his valise and after a moment's search took, out a slrsidor vial coutaiuiug some dark liquid. Jt pros now dtarty evident that lie sras t*nt upon self-destruction, yet it raf yrith some relief that 1 saw that lie had chosen a milder method ot taking his life. I was aelsed with an (jupulao to spring forward and snatch A‘)u'iti«- in Mt> | h|m r, i the razor from ins reach, and, if |km,. sible to thwart him in the fell design upon his own life. 1 would reason and plead with him, I would tell him to meet the trials and hardshi|>sof life bravely—to brace up ami he a man. lint no; perhaps he would turn on me in his desperation and frenzy! I was physically no match for this man; there might he two dead tneu in tho room next morning instead of onel I shuddered nt the thought. He had changed his position in tho room, so that I could no longer see him unless I should rise up in the bed. and tills would attract his attention to me. Tearing my own safety, and undecided os to what I should do, I waited and listened for some mo ments—wretclicd moments they were, of terrible suspense. Now and then I heard a muttered blasphemy. I was sure I could smell some powerful drug but could not tell what it was. At last, unable longer to endure the tortures of suspense, I arose to a sitting posturo. At the same instant he turned out the light and with an oath of fiendish exultation sprang into his bed. I do not know how long I sat there, bewildered and stupilied, staring at the impenetrable darkness around me. I vainly endeavored to recoucile and account for the mysterious conduct and appearance of the strange man. For n while I heard him rolling uneasily upon his bed, and then all was still. Tho air, now laden with the odor of somo Btrong drug, seemed close and stilling, the darkness was oppres sive, tho death-like stillness was pain ful. At last I heard breathing—faint and low at first, then more distinct, then labored and heavy. The power ful narcotic hrnl begun its fatal task! Tho victim of his own mud deed now slept tho sleep that would end in Uenth, Reproaching myself for my stupid inaction, I sprang from my bed ant! hurriedly lighted the gas. Neur it lay the vial partly emptied. I picked it up, nervously raised it to tho light and read on tho label': “Dr. Squeci link's Corn Ouro.” • No, I didn’t kill him as he Blept, neither^id I draw the razor across my own throat, but I must admit that, as I crawled buck into bed with a disgust bigger than n bay steer, I seriously contemplated both. Rut how about the razor? I didn’t ask him, but suppose it was tgnomini- ously misused to pare his corns. A. T. Stewart mill the Apple. Wotnnn. Thero !b a queer story of tho super stition of A. T. Stewart. Front the beginning of Ids career as a New York merchant until shortly before Ids death, he imagined that his fortune was bound up in that of tho little old apple- woman who ha.l a stand in front of ids store. When ldt chief store wnsdown by tho (^y Hall this little old npplo- wnmnn was encouraged and protected by him, and when lie moved further up llroadwny to the big white building now occupied by Dunning it is said that ho personally superintended tho carrying of tho little npple-womnn’s olTectB to a new stand outside of it. Horosho stayed during all of its pros perity in these new quarters, but shortly before bis death she disappeared. Stewart looked upon her as a mascot, nnd ho often Raid, so the story goes, that when she died or left tho place ids good luck would go with her. Strnngo to say, it was even so. A few months after this Stewart began to decline, and the apple-woman was hardly forgotten before he was in hit grave. .»— «•—«—»♦—- y. Supplanting tin; Cell*. Tho editor of tho American Agri culturist writes from Omaha to ids journal of some of the thiugs ho is see ing on his western trip The large number of public thoroughfares in Omaha, which nre being laid out, widened or otherwise improved, com mand a largo number of workmen. He was struck with tho ahsonco of tho Celtic countenances, which, a few years ago, almost wholly made up the class of public laborers in Omaha. Now nearly all of them appear to bo Swedes. “ What,’’ lie asked of a friend residing in Omaha, “1ms become of the Celts?” “Oh,” he Jokingly replied, “ they have gone into polities. Tho Scandinavians, who are crowding in upon us in large numbers, have taken tho placo of tho Irish laborers, and now handle the pickax©, which the latter havo aban doned for other Ins* onerous pursuits." What h© fouud wtis true In Omaha, was found to lie true In othor far western places. Tho Scandinavians now appear to be tho “ hewers of wood and drawers of water" Hut a very a^ort time, however, will be required to \tork, a transformation In their condi tion; and thoy will soon be owners of their little homes nnd prairie farms. A little Magazine-street girl asked her mother the other day how tt was that Adam nnd Eve came to leave the Carden of Kden, and was told that the devil entered the garden In the form of a serpent and tempted them, aud God banished them. Tim little child pou- derod over the reply fora few moments, , and then looking up, sai l; “Mamma, ! why didn’t God send the devil away instead of Adam and Eve? They were in tli© garden arst,”—New Orleans State. Fine live ten* cigars at links’*. POISON INTHEASHES Wlmt flu* Mt. Lebanon Shakers Found—Incident In the His tory of a (Juiet Community. Tho Mount Lebanon (New York) Shakers nre a quiet com munity, secluded from the fret and worry of the outside world. They nre widely known, how ever, for their strict honor nnd probity in business. The Shakers believe that na ture hu« a remedy for every dis ease. A few have been found— the rest are as yet unknown. Many were discovered by acci dent. Others came to light as the result of patient experiment and research. Nervous Dyspepsia is a com- nciv clise paratively new disease, growing out of the conditions of modem life. It is a joint affection of tho digestive organs nnd of the nervous system. These two were formerly treated as sepa rate ailments, and it was left for tho clear-sighted Shakers to prove that the basis of this terrible and often fatal compli cation lies chielly in the disord ered and depraved functions of digestion and nutrition.- They reasoned thus:—“If we can in duce the stomach to do its work, and stimulate tho excre tive organs to drive out of the body the poisonous waste mat ters which remain after the life- giving elements of the food have been absorbed, we shall have conquered Nervous Dys pepsia and Nervous Exhaust ion. And they were right. Knowing the infallible power of Shaker Extract /RiumVFk of Shaker Extract (Seigol’s Syrup) in less complicated though similar diseases, they resolved to test it fully in this. To leave no ground for doubt they prescribed the remedy in hundreds of cases which had been pronounced in curable—with perfect success in every instance where their directions ns to living and diet were scrupulously followed. Nervous Dyspepsia and Ex haustion is a peculiiu'ly Ameri can disease. To a greater or . less extent half the people of this country suffer from it— both sexes and all ages. In no country in the world are there so mnny insane asylums filled to overflowing, all resultin'; from this alarming disease. It? leading symptoms are these: Frequent or continual head ache; a dull pain at the base of the brain; bad breath; nau seous eructations; the rising of sour and pungent fluids to the throat; a sense of oppress ion and faintness at the pit of the stomach; flatulence; wake fulness and loss of sleep; dis gust with food even when weak from the need of it; sticky or slimy matter on the teeth or in the mouth, especially on ris ing in the morning; furred ano coated tongue; dull eyes; colei hands and feet; constipation diy or rough skin ; inability t< fix the mind on any labor call ing for continuous attention; ami oppressive and sad fore bodings and fears. All this terrible group Shaker Extract (Seigel’s Svrup) removes by its pos itive, powerful, direct yet painless and gentle action upon the functions of digestion aud assimilation. Those elements of tho food that build up and strengthen the system are sent upon their mission, while all waste matters (Ihcashcsof life’s fire) which unremovnd, poison nnd kill, are expelled from the *xp body through the bowels, kid neys and skin. The weak and prostrated nerves are quieted, toned nnd fed by the purified blood. As the result, health, with its enjoyments, blessings and power, returns to the suf ferer who iuul, perhaps, aband oned nil hope of ever seeing well day. another Tlu* 1 e i** e't iviltinc to difconrnge Milan who nil* ti edicinos His itesl art it-lt-» is jtreity mr>' t<> le a diegi.ii 11« iimikct. '% m? i Wlc.e*s, &XV& &\\ Dv fiastil Cancer of tho Tongue. f My wife, Rome three or lour years ago. was troo. bled with an nicer on tho Bide ot her tone;"* near the throat.' The pain who luuewwnt, causing loss of Bleep and producing great nervous prostration. Accompanying tlittt trouble was rheumatism. It bad passed from the shoulders and centered in tho wrist of ono hand, she almottt losing tho nee of It. wrist 01 one uiiikj, — — Between the suffering ot the two, life had Brown •—* »>" o ualf dozen emaii- bnrdcnRorae. By the oac of a •*»«» sized bottlcaof Swift’s Specific, she was entirely relieved and restored to health. This was three Sparta, Ga., June 5,1SS8. Treatise on Blood and Skin Diseases mailed free. Tub SwiftSpkcifio Co., Drawer 8, Atlanta, Gtt 1ST W. 23d St., N. V. Mine. DEMORESFS RELIABLE PATTERNS ■ Are the only onrs that will give a perfect fitting garment. MME. KMOKSTS System of Dress Cutting. Chart ami Book of full directions, enabling any Cut and I’ll pcri'catiy. PnicE, $3.00 of price Bent by mall, poet paid, on receipt FJ3R9E. DEFOREST** PORTFOLIO OF FASHIONS AND WHAT TO WEAR Is a large Mtunzlno of S > pages of Fashion Note* ami Myles, Illustrated witn uijont t.0011 Cuts, cent, ptsl.pidd, fur cents. THE THIS STYI.E ONLY Qemorest gewing |achine, $s!" HAMB SHOP A. CHAVQUS, Agt (Opposite the Court House.' 3Dto.Td1±xl <3-aj. Manufacturer and Dealer in Saddles, Bridles & Harness. —TIK WII.T. ALSO KEEP— Lap Robes, Horse blankets, Hallers bridle bits. Spurs, Carriage, bit gy. Killing nnd Team hi pa, L tslics, Combs brushes, Collars, Ilames, E‘„c. Cheap For Cash, Repairing Promptly Done. May 19-8<i-ly.' HAVE YOU TAKEN THE ATLANTA CONSTITUTION FOR 1886? If not, lay this paper down and send for tt right How ■ i If you want it every day, send for : tlirr Daily, which costs $10.00 a year, or .00 — a yea. for six months or $3.50 for three months. ■ If you want it every week, send for the Great Weekly, which.costs $i,25 a year, or $0,00 for Clubs of Five, THE WEEKLY CON STITUTION istheCheapest! Biggestahd Best Paper Printed in America! It Las 12 pages chock.full of news, gos lip and sketches every week. It prints mere romance than the story papers, more farm-news than the agricultural papers, more fun than the humorous papers—lie* sides all the news, and Bill Arp’s and Betsy Hamilton’s Letters Uncle Remus’s Sketch es! —AND— TAT,MAGE’S SERMONS. C s.s 2 Cents a Week! t comes once week- -takes a wimle week o read ill You can’t well farm or keep house with out it! Write your name on a postal card, nd- mess it. to us, and we will send you Speei- dron Copy Fkkei Address THE CONSTITUTOIN. Itch of every kind cured in 30 minute, by Woi.koud’h Sniataky Lotion. Use no other. This never fails. Sold II. Hicks & Co. THE 'tv Ol'JW MACH INERT. FEEDERS AND CONDENSERS. I am agent for the Centcnniul Cotton Gin, made by O. II. Miller, of Fort Val ley, On. The feeders nnd condensers can be attached to any other make. T also sell the Rockwalier Engine, Lef fcl's Water Wheels, Lane & Ilodlcy Co.’s machinery and Frick & Co,’s Engines and saw mills. My territory embraces Laurens, Johnson antt Emanuel counties. 1 have been sell ing the above machinery for several years, and think 1 en» make it to your interest to trade witJi me for anything in my liue WHfcVfc August-4 3m. AVER. .jDubliu, Ga. ri-tti'iT— 1885. Established ISo7. clot: S ir.: fv.viv JV 9ft} 20 YIIATS. Wiiisliip & Callaway, 126 Second Street; MACON, - *• c GA., Return thanks to their numerous cus tomers in Dublin nnd surrounding coun try. They nre opening daily an Elegant Stock of Choice C LOTHIJNTG- AND HATS, For MEN nnd ROY'S, for the FALL and WINTER Trade. ' suits and' SIlIKtS made to measure. Givo us a cn.. or let us hear from you by letter. i? .of3r33lf m easurdmant santOT <ii#*plictron. Nearly 50,000 sold and giving perfect «aiisfnctlou. C3F”Don’t pay other companies $40.00 profit on a machine not bo good as thb DEMOREST, but buy direct of tho man ufacturers. Sent C. O. D. Write for Circulars. BEMOREST FASHION and SEWBNG MACHINE CO., IT Kn»( 1-1 tl» Street, Now YorkCIt.r mm) paper in in ccl; t H THE SAVANNAH SEWING MACHINE TVTTU Automatic. WEEKLY $2*00 a Year, in Advance. Not a Local Papor, hut Ono Sttilablo to any Loeulily. A JWSIXKSfi, FAMILY, LITERARY AND AOKlClTLTTTRA1. JOURNAL. Tins mammoth m wspnprr coulnmr all the news of the week. Telegraphic Dis patches up to the hour of going lo press, Agricultural Items, Original Serials, die. Special departments devoted to Georgia, Florr J - ’ “ ’ '• . ida and South Gaioliua news, aud that of other Slates, To tho farmer, mechanic or artisan the business or professional man, who lms not the advantages of a ilail^ mail, the Savan nau Weekly Ni.ws is the medium l*y wliich he cau be informed of events traus- pirine in the busy world, whether in his own State or in the most distant parts of the globe. Every yearly subscriber is entitled to one of the Mousing News Libhary seri als as a premium. TIIE SAVANNAH MORNING NEWS Enlarged January 1, Its So, u> mi 8-J'age, 56-Column J’ajor. The largest Paier in the South Issued Every Day in the Year. *10.00 ii Year, including the real Sunday Issue of the ‘‘News.” The Daily Nkws gives prominence to •li matters relative to the A< - ..GKIClFLTU- KAL. MECHANICAL ami MANY'FAC Tl’ltlNG interest* of the country, as wel •s the GENERAL. POLITICAL and COMMERCIAL news. Its TELEGRAPHIC. FT ATE. GEN ERA!.. LOCAL uws «ml MARKET dt'imrtuu-nisan-Mekm>w|f«tged to l>o the IfM and n «>M ci'inpivliei:si\i-,of «nv pa pel I iu (lie South. 8 uU«rile ilm ugh yi vr Niw> I ««:]« Piui .\iufii r el m-ihI itiiecily to .1 II. ES I ILL. Savan* a • G* ELDREDGE!?-.. I BEAST! Mexioan No. S. The ELDREDGE “B” is sold with the guarantee of being the BEST that can he MADE. Liniment AGENTS WANTED. ELDREDGE MANUFACTURING CO. 363 and 365 WABA8H AVE. t CHICAGO, Hilt Sciatica, Lumbago, Rheumatism, Burns, Scalds, Sting* Bites, Bruises, Bunions, Corns,,, . Contracted > Muscles, f, f ’’Eruptions, Hoof Ail, Screw - Worms, Swinney, Saddle Galls, Piles. ely’s CatarrH CREAM BALMr Gives relief at i and Cures COLO IN HEAD CATARRH HAYFEVE Jfot a Liquid, Snuff or Powder. Free from Injuri ous Drugs and of fensive odor*. OtTXlES Scratches, Sprains, Strains. Stitches, Stiff Joints, Backache, Galls, > Sores, Spavin T ' Cracks. TH|3 COOD OLD STAND-BY nccomplisbes for everybody exactly what Is claimed for It. Ono of the reasons for tbo great popularity of the Mustang Liniment is found In It? nnlvcsrsal applicability. Everybody needs such e. medicine. The I.Miberman needs It tn caso of accident. The Housewife needs It for general family use. The Cannier needs It for his teams and hU men. The Mochanto needs It always on hU work Tho Miner needs It In coso of emergency. Tho Pioneer ncodslt-cau’tget along without it The Farmer needs It la bis bouse, bis stable, end hts stock yard. Tho Steamboat man or the Boatman needs Ittn liberal supply afloatand ashore. Tho fioroo-fonclor needs lt-rlt Is bis best i reliance. i Stock-grower needs ft—It WfU save blm thousand* of dollars and a world of trouble. Tho Railroad mnn needs It and wW need It so & C g < Cmfy l ^S 1 ^ saaec8 or vlrn8 ’ agfflasaa'a completely heals tbo sorca and restores the semw A thorough treatment uilleure. ELY BBOniEKS, DrnggUU, Owego, N. T long as his llfols a round of accidents and dangers. The Backwoodsman needs it. Thero Is noth. IngUko.it as an antidote for tbo dangers to life, limb and comfort which surround tbo pioneer. Tko Merchant needs ltabont his store among his employees. Accidents will happen, apd when these oome the Xnstang liniment is wanted at onoe. Keep at Bottle In the Honse.. *Tts the beet of Keep ©Bottle fa the Factory. It* Immediate use In case of accident saves pain and loss of wages. Keep m. Bottle Alwaya In the Stable for ■so when wanted. Catarrh la Not a Blood Disease. ss* MILLER BR08. STEEL PEL'S -' uobobmm WXMM mmmmmm the I talllustagea TUB BEST H C3K. When not f-r *afc by local dealers, wo will mm: is leading ,tries tn u boxes of i dosen each, on raceipt oISl.ttd, Aitvie*School Pens, i hones, 1 tins. esc!i, 80. IT 4 “ Ruslncss*' 4 •• 1 “ •• . 4 H Business A Stub*, 4 haxrs, 1 dox. each, . li Ittw Tn im K»!l (TTIRT («. lenJo, f«n.